Amazon Share Jump Sees Bezos Close In On Gates As World’s Richest Man – Jeff Bezos was closing in on Bill Gates’ status as the world’s richest man this evening as shares in Amazon jumped following better-than-expected profits. [tele]

World’s Witnessing A New Gilded Age As Billionaires’ Wealth Swells To $6tn – Not since the time of the Carnegies, Rockefellers and Vanderbilts at the turn of the 20th century was so much owned by so few. [guardian]

US Justice Department Launches Investigation Into SAP-Gupta Dealings – The United States’ department of justice and its securities and exchange commission (SEC) has begun investigating German multinational software company SAP for its dealing with the Gupta family. [mg]

Selma Blair And Rachel McAdams Share Their Stories Of James Toback’s Sexual Harassment – Both women encountered the director early in their careers. Both describe remarkably similar experiences of his targeting and humiliation of young actresses. [vanfair]

Harvey Weinstein Sues The Weinstein Co. To Access His Personnel File, Emails – Harvey Weinstein has sued the Weinstein Co. for access to his records as he mounts a legal defense for himself in light of recent allegations made against him. [abc]

Trump Declares Opioid Crisis A ‘Health Emergency’ But Requests No Funds – President Trump on Thursday directed the Department of Health and Human Services to declare the opioid crisis a public health emergency, taking long-anticipated action to address a rapidly escalating epidemic of drug use. [nyt]

Syria Regime Responsible For Gas Attack On Rebel-Held Town, UN Finds – Bashar al-Assad’s forces were behind sarin attack on Khan Sheikhun that killed more than 87, UN says, as US reaffirms Syria’s president’s rule must end. [guardian]

‘Rolling Stone’ & Hearst’s Deafening Silence On Terry Richardson – While Condé Nast has rejected Terry Richardson, along with some fashion brands, Hearst U.S. and ‘Rolling Stone’ have stayed silent. Do they want to return to business as normal? [beast]

Wozniak Is Skeptical Of Tesla’s Autopilot System – Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is super keen on futuristic electric cars, but doesn’t yet trust Tesla’s autonomous driving technology. [mash]

Twitter Says It Could Turn First-Ever Profit, Shares Surge – Twitter Inc said on Thursday it may become profitable for the first time next quarter after slashing expenses over the past year and ramping up deals to sell its data to other companies, which could help to break its reliance on advertising for revenue. [reuters]

You Can’t Properly Care For Your Skin Until You Know What Your Skin Type Is – Learning more about your skin tone and type will help you prolong the future of healthy looking skin. Here’s what you should know. [here]

Saudi Arabia Is Investing $1 Billion In Virgin Galactic And Its Spinoff Companies – The money will go toward Virgin’s space tourism program and help accelerate the development of the company’s new launch vehicle to send small satellites into orbit. [verge]

Trump Brags About Having ‘One Of The Great Memories Of All Time’ – Is his “greatest memory” out of memory? [huff]

Facebook’s Workplace Is Gaining Ground As It Prepares To Pounce On Slack – Last year, Facebook started crawling into the last space in your life it didn’t yet dominate—the office. [qz]

Meghan Markle Is From Yorkshire, Documentary Reveals As It Traces Family Back To British Roots – Prince Harry’s girlfriend Meghan Markle could be from Yorkshire, a new documentary is set to reveal as it traces her family back to British roots. [tele]

Whoopi Goldberg’s Pot Biz Says Weed Is The ‘New Penicillin’ For Period Pain – She fires back to politicos dismissing period pain as ‘not real’: ‘What do you mean, real pain? It’s not real pain if I get a period, but it’s real pain if I kick you in the nuts?’ [db]

Louis Theroux’s Voice Is Perfect, Even When Reading Out A Fake Documentary Line – The Twitter account spits out fake documentary intros in the style of Theroux, who often focuses his attention on weird cults, religions, felons and well, anyone you’d probably never find yourself talking to. [mash]

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